Summer Institute in American Philosophy
2018 Summer Institute is 9-14 July in Dayton, OH. A Call for Proposals and complete details is online at go.udayton.edu/siap. The summer institute welcomes papers and works-in-progress on American philosophy broadly construed. The deadline for submissions is March 30, 2018. For complete details on submissions see our website: go.udayton.edu/siap
Previous SIAPs:
2017 Summer Institute was 10-15 July in Eugene, OR. The institute is now accepting registration and lodging payments. The website can be found at: http://siap2017.uoregon.eduThis summer we will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Summer Institute so we hope many of you can join us for this special occasion. In addition to a great program, please note that the on-campus housing is in a much newer residence hall that is right next to the Law School where our events are held. The call for papers was sent out earlier, and can also be found at the website. Submissions are due at the end of March.
2016 Summer Institute was 11-16 July in Eugene, OR. Details are here.
2015 Institute: Dublin, Ireland
ANNOUNCING
THE SUMMER INSTITUTE IN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY (SIAP)
June 8-13, 2015 at the School of
Philosophy, University College Dublin, Ireland
The Reaches of Pragmatism
Summer Institute in American Philosophy
Call for Submissions and Expressions of Interest
The 2015 Summer Institute in American Philosophy will be held at University College Dublin, Ireland from June 8-13, 2015. This is the first time that the SIAP, organized annually by the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, is being held in Europe. Appropriately, the 2015 Institute will explore the influences, interconnections, and encounters between pragmatism and other philosophical traditions.
General Information
The Summer Institute in American Philosophy is designed for faculty
members, early career researchers and advanced graduates in
philosophy and related disciplines who are interested in American
philosophy in general and Pragmatism and Neo-Pragmatism in
particular. Robert Brandom and Hilary Putnam (via skype) will
deliver key-note addresses on the theme of the Summer Institute.
The daily program will be centered around plenary panels led by a
number of distinguished experts, spanning multiple sessions over two
or three days. The panels for this year are on ?Analytic Pragmatism?
(Cheryl Misak, Huw Price, and Jim O'Shea), ?Pragmatism and Critical
Theory? (Maeve Cooke), ?Feminist Pragmatism? (Marilyn Fisher and
Charlene Seigfried), ?Re-Reading Emerson? (Russell B. Goomand), and
?Pragmatism in China?.
There will also be a number of traditional sessions, including paper
presentations and works-in-progress meetings.
Further Information
All attendants of the Summer Institute will be awarded a certificate
of participation upon request. It is also possible to obtain credits
for the module ?American Philosophy: The Reaches of Pragmatism? upon
payment of an additional fee and submitting written work. For
further information on this option please contact Professor Maria
Baghramian ( Maria.Baghramian@ucd.ie)
Registration, Housing, Grants,
Program and other information: http://www.american-voice.org/index.php/summer-institute-in-american-philosophy
(and check for updates)
2014 Institute
Summer Institute in American Philosophy 2013 details
are
here or email Colin
Koopman;koopman@uoregon.edu.
2013 Institute
Summer Institute in American Philosophy 2013 details
are here or email Colin
Koopman;koopman@uoregon.edu.
2012 Institute
The 2012 Summer Institute in American Philosophy at the
University of Oregon
July 16-21, 2012 in Eugene, Oregon
For more information on SIAP 2012 please see
<http://pages.uoregon.edu/koopman/siap/siap_2012.html>
or email Colin
Koopman <koopman@uoregon.edu>.
2011 Institute
Summer Institute in American Philosophy 2011 details
are
here or email Colin
Koopman;koopman@uoregon.edu.
The 2011 Summer Institute in American Philosophy at the
University of Oregon
July 11-16, 2011 in Eugene, Oregon
2010 Institute
Summer Institute in American Philosophy 2013 details
are
here
or email Colin
Koopman;koopman@uoregon.edu.
2009 Institute
The Summer Institute in American Philosophy is designed for faculty
members and advanced graduate and postdoctoral students in
philosophy and related disciplines interested in research and study
in the American philosophic tradition. The program consists of four
seminars focused on central figures and problem areas in the
tradition.
-- ARRIVAL INFORMATION Word
.doc
-- Schedule Grid as a Word
.doc
-- Master reading list is
here.
-- Presenter's readings/lists: Kaag(1,
2);Clandinin(1);Dryden(1,
2,
3);Jensen
(1);
Musgrave (1);
Pratt (1,2)
; Seigfried (1)
Institute Schedule
Monday, July 13: Opening Reception (5:00 pm,
Carson Hall)
Tuesday, July 14: Seminars?Rereading William
James and Experiencing Education (9:30-5:00, Knight
Law School)
Wednesday, July 15: Seminars?Rereading William
James and Experiencing Education (9:30-5:00, Knight
Law School)
Thursday, July 16: Works-In-Progress Seminars
(8:00 until 11:00) and Keynote Address by John Lachs (11:00, Knight
Law School). Special afternoon events include an excursion to the
Oregon coast and a tour of local wineries.
Friday, July 17: Seminars?Aesthetics and
American Feminism (9:30 until 5:00, Knight Law School)
Saturday, July 18: Seminars?Aesthetics
and American Feminism (9:30 until 5:00, Knight Law
School) Closing Banquet, 7:00.
Registration and Program Information
The registration form
is here.
For more information about Eugene and Lane County, Oregon,
see http://www.travellanecounty.org/.
The Oregon Bach Festival runs from June 26 through July 12 (see http://www.oregonbachfestival.com/).
The Oregon Country Fair (in nearby Veneta, Oregon) will be held July
11-13 (see http://www.oregoncountryfair.org/).
Keynote Address
This year, John Lachs,
Centennial Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University,
will give a keynote address titled ?Good Enough.? Professor Lachs?
philosophical interests center on human nature, which leads him into
metaphysics, philosophy of mind, political philosophy, and ethics.
He has continuing research interests in American philosophy and in
German Idealism, along with research and teaching interests in
medical and business ethics. Professor Lachs is author of numerous
articles and books including In Love with Life
(1998) and The Relevance of Philosophy for Life (1995).
Seminars in American Philosophy
Experiencing Education
This session will be devoted to exploring some ways in which
experience and education are linked in the American tradition.
Professor Musgrave will work with two foci. The first will consider
the role of the arts in learning with an emphasis on the work of
Jane Addams and John Dewey; the second will involve an exploration
of experiential learning using Dewey?s influence on the curriculum
and learning environment of Rollins College as a case study.
Professor Anderson will focus on the experience of learning as
articulated by several Transcendentalist thinkers and Charles
Peirce. The key theme will be the art of receptivity. Professor
Rosiek will explore the difficulty of enacting pedagogical practice
grounded in a pragmatic ontology of experience without the support
of a pragmatic social science epistemology and methodology that can
support those curricular ideas in educational policy discussions. He
will identify resources for this philosophy and practice of social
science praxis in the work of Peirce, James, Addams, Dewey, and
contemporary educational researchers.
Presenters: Ryan Musgrave (Rollins College), Jerry
Rosiek (University of Oregon), Doug Anderson (Southern Illinois
University Carbondale)
Re-reading William James: Talks to Teachers
In this trio of sessions, we will be considering James?s neglected
1899 volume, Talks to Teachers on Psychology, and to Students
on Some of Life?s Ideals. Our intention in this return to Talks
will be to reconsider both its content and its place in the James
corpus. From its introductory psychology to its great moral essays,
this volume presents James at his philosophical clearest. Still, it
has never managed to earn a place among James?s masterpieces. We
will be attempting to overcome this received impression, by pointing
to themes that deserve further consideration and by following
threads to James?s other works. The first session will be devoted
primarily to psychological themes; the second, to educational; and
the third, to ethical.
Presenters: Jim Campbell (University of Toledo),
Lee McBride (College of Wooster), Tadd Ruetenik (St. Ambrose
University), and Jennifer Welchman (University of Alberta).
Aesthetics
That art has a cognitive dimension is well known to artists and
aestheticians, though there is disagreement about what that means
and how extensively it defines art. Using Justus Buchler?s theory of
judgment, in the first session, we will explore the ways in which
art is or can be cognitive, and what a naturalist epistemology might
look like if it takes the cognitive dimension of art seriously. In
the second session, we will explore alternatives to the dominant
analytic paradigms of meaning, especially as they have been employed
in discussions of art production and appreciation found in Peirce,
Dewey, Danto, Shusterman and Buchler. In the third session, we will
distinguish at least seven types of ?Abstract Art.? The aim will be
to demonstrate how images that are superficially similar, such as
those comprising ?Geometric Abstraction,? often register quite
different types of perceptual experience. A basic assumption of our
approach will be that while the visual arts are grounded in
perceptual experience, they nevertheless also produce cognitive
knowledge as well as diverse sites for locating meaning.
Presenters: David Craven (University of New
Mexico), Armen Marsoobian(Southern Connecticut State University),
and John Ryder (State University of New York)
American Feminism
Women?s issues and women philosophers have long been a part of the
American intellectual landscape. This seminar will discuss the
American philosophical tradition and the place of feminism in it,
both through an overview of feminist philosophers and an examination
of the work of particular philosophers. Individual philosophers
considered will include Jane Addams, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Ella
Lyman Cabot, Mary Parker Follett, and recent feminist philosophers
including Lorraine Code, Karen Barad, and Charlene Haddock
Seigfried. The seminar will consist of three sessions. The first
will be a panel discussion on feminism in the American tradition
followed by an introduction to the works of Gilman, Cabot, and
Follett. The second session will examine particular texts of the
three women to introduce a range of promising work that is often
left out of discussions of American philosophy in the first half of
the 20th century. The final session will be a panel discussion on
recent work in feminist philosophy, how it connects with the
commitments of earlier feminist pragmatists, and its potential for
further development in response to the problems of the 21st
century.
Presenters: Charlene Haddock Seigfried (Purdue
University), John Kaag (University of Massachusetts?Lowell), Erin
McKenna (Pacific Lutheran University), and Scott L. Pratt
(University of Oregon).
Call for Abstracts: Works-In-Progress : This year?s program will
include several one-hour "Works-in-Progress" sessions, at which
interested persons may present their current research projects,
especially books, and receive critical feedback from Institute
attendees. Those wishing to present
their work should submit, by May 22, a 150-to-300-word abstract
to Scott L. Pratt by email at spratt@uoregon.edu.
Submitted abstracts will be blind reviewed and
authors of accepted abstracts will be added to the Institute
program.
There will also be a dissertation workshop at
which graduate students, at any stage in the process of writing
their dissertations, will present brief summaries of their work and
receive feedback from Institute attendees. Graduate
students interested in presenting their projects should submit a
150-300 word abstract to Scott L. Pratt by email at spratt@uoregon.edu
by May 22. Authors of projects received by May
22 will also be added to the final Institute program.
2008 Institute, Boulder, CO
- July 7-12, 2008, Boulder,
CO.
The 11th Annual Summer Institute of American Philosophy met July 7-12, 2008, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. As at past Institutes, leading scholars in various aspects of American philosophy were invited to present seminars on their recent or current work. - Registration Form (including housing) -- .doc file (HERE)
- Program for 2008 Summer Institute available ( HERE)
- Flyer (and list of presenters) for 2008 Summer Institute
available here (HERE)
Confirmed participants include: (last update, June 12, 2008)
Mitchell Aboulafia (The Juilliard School), ?George Herbert Mead and the Dilemmas of Cosmopolitanism.?
Randall Auxier (Southern Illinois University, Carbondale), ?Reading Royce as a Whole.?
Roberto Frega (Alma Mater Bologna University, Italy), "A Pragmatist Theory of Public Reason."
Robert Innis (University of Massachusetts, Lowell), ?Susanne Langer: The Symbolic Mind.?
Judith Green (Fordham University), "Pragmatism and Social Hope: Rorty, Dewey, and Deepening Democracy."
Alison Jaggar (University of Colorado, Boulder), "Abortion Rights and Gender Justice Worldwide."
Bill E. Lawson (University of Memphis), ?Booker T. Washington in the 21st Century.?
Arthur Lothstein (Long Island University), "Ralph Waldo Emerson."
Joseph Margolis (Temple U.), "Pragmatism, Continental, and Analytic Philosophy: Toward a Rapprochement."
Phillip McReynolds (Penn State University), Documentary video: ?American Philosopher.?
Robert Neville (Boston University), ?The Axiology of Thinking.?
Nicholas Rescher (University of Pittsburgh), "The Fragmentation of American Philosophy."
Sandra Rosenthal (Loyola University, New Orleans), "The Importance of C.I. Lewis for the Pragmatic Tradition."
Crispin Sartwell (Dickinson College), ?Entanglements: A System of (American) Philosophy.
Roger Ward (Georgetown College), "Jonathan Edwards on Sin and Self-Knowledge"
2008 Readings lists:
Rescher (1)
Auxier (Read: Intro, chs. 5-7)
Neville (list is here)
Aboulafia (list is here)
Lothstein (1, also see list, here)
Frega (1)
Innis (1,2,3,4,5-optional)
Sartwell (1, also a list is here)
Margolis (1, 2, also see list, here)
Lawson (1)
Ward (1)
Green (1-reading list, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Margolis (1 2 also see list, here)
Notes about Reading Lists: (a) Numbers in parentheses link to actual readings. The phrase "list is here" typically links to just a list of the readings which participants need to gather and copy from local libraries, etc.
(b) ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT READINGS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE APPROPRIATE SESSION LEADER. EACH NAME ON THE READING LIST LINKS DIRECTLY TO THAT SEMINAR LEADER'S EMAIL ADDRESS.
Call for Abstracts
Again this year will be several one-hour "Works in Progress"
sessions, at which interested persons may present their
works-in-progress, especially books, and receive critical feedback
from Institute attendees.Those wishing to present their work should
submit, by May 1, a 150-to-300-word abstract to Ken Stikkers, either
via e-mail, at kstikker@siu.edu or at: Department of Philosophy,
Mailcode 4505, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901.
Submitted abstracts will be blindly reviewed, and persons submitting
them will be notified as soon as possible.
Also, there will again be sessions on "Dissertations in Progress,"
at which graduate students, at any stage in the process of writing
their dissertations, present brief summaries of their work and
receive valuable feedback from Institute attendees. Graduate
students interested in presenting their work need not submit
abstracts but should contact Ken Stikkers.
The Institute is co-sponsored by the Center for Dewey Studies,
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, the Society for the
Advancement of American Philosophy, and the University of Colorado,
Boulder and Denver.
2007 Institute, Boulder, CO
2007 Institute: July 9-14, 2007, Boulder, CO.
- Registration Form-- .doc file (HERE)
- Program for 2007 Summer Institute available ( HERE)
- Housing Registration Form--.pdf file (HERE)
- Flyer for 2007 Summer Institute available here (HERE)
- 2007 Readings lists: NOTE: ALL QUESTIONS ABOUT READINGS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE APPROPRIATE SESSION LEADER. EACH NAME BELOW LINKS TO THE LEADER.
- READINGS: Lockwood (1_2_3-deleted_4_5_6); Crosby (1 2); Innis ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-deleted, 7-deleted, 8); De Tienne (1); Joslin (1 2); Hickman (1); Buford ( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,9); Kirkland (1); Ryan (1); Gunter (1, 2) Jones (1); Flamm (1)
The Summer Institute in American Philosophy seeks to provide a forum for more intensive and extensive discussion of American philosophy than is normally afforded by traditional conference formats.
The 10th Annual Summer Institute of American Philosophy will meet July 9-14, 2007, at the University of Colorado, Boulder. As at past Institutes, leading scholars in various aspects of American philosophy are invited to present seminars on their recent or current work. The list of seminars will be posted shortly. Also, there will again be sessions on "Dissertations in Progress," at which graduate students, at any stage in process of writing their dissertations, present brief summaries of their work and receive valuable feedback from Institute attendees. Graduate students interested in presenting their work should contact Ken Stikkers
Call for Abstracts
New this year will be several one-hour "Works in Progress" sessions, at which interested persons may present their works-in-progress, especially books, and receive critical feedback from Institute attendees. Those wishing to present their work should submit, by June 1, a 150-to-300-word abstract to Ken Stikkers, either via e-mail, at kstikker@siu.edu or at: Department of Philosophy, Mailcode 4505, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 62901. A panel of scholars will blindly review submitted abstracts, and persons submitting them will be notified as soon as possible.
The Institute is co-sponsored by the Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, and the University of Colorado, Boulder and Denver.
History: The Institute was originally conceived and planned by Larry Hickman, Director of the Center for Dewey Studies, and began at the University of Vermont in 1998 with a great attendance of both established scholars and students of American philosophy. John Lachs (Vanderbilt University) organized the Institute's second meeting, expanding its format. Instrumental in the success of the Vermont meetings was the organizing work of Tony Earls, presently at the University of Wyoming. In 2003 the Institute moved to the University of Oregon, where it was assisted by Scott Pratt and John Lysaker. Collaborating with Hickman and the Institute's local hosts in developing the Institute's programs are Kenneth Stikkers (Southern Illinois University) and Charlene Haddock Seigfried (Purdue University), who serves as SAAP''s liaison to the Institute. Beyond the scheduled meetings, the intimate setting for the conference, wherein participants dine together and socialize in the evenings, aims to enrich the seminar experience, as conversations spill over into the meals and evening hours and collegial friendships are formed and strengthened.
Questions?
Contact Ken Stikkers at kstikker@siu.edu or 618-536-6641.
Interested persons are encouraged to consult past programs of Institute to get a better sense of its structure and content. Click here to visit the archives of previous years' conference programs and details.
Comments about the Summer Institute in American Philosophy
"It was the most exciting professional experience of my life." (David Vessey, Beloit College)
"I had no idea how much fun the Summer Institute was." (Ann K. Clarke, St. Mary's University)
"I learned more about Whitehead in three days of discussion with Jude Jones than in three readings of Process and Reality; and it was more fun." (Doug Anderson, Pennsylvania State University)
"The Summer Institute is an inspiring experience. The diversity of speakers and topics, the supportive environment, and the opportunity to share ideas in a beautiful and historic setting make this the philosophical gathering that I most look forward to each year." (Heather Keith, Lyndon State College)
"I attended the Summer Institute in American Philosophy for the first time in the summer of 2000. It was one of those rare experiences where my best hopes were made real. The week was rich with discussion of issues and ideas I have little opportunity to share in elsewhere. The seminars were professionally run, with insightful, focused, and lively discussion. I was struck by the support everyone gave each other, by the openness with which ideas were given and received; I found myself in a community of thinkers I can gladly call home. The Summer institute is itself an instantiation of the best of American Philosophy. It presents one with an opportunity to learn in a caring atmosphere of top-notch philosophers; I shall continue to attend as long as I am able." (Paola Lortie)
"Just a short note of praise for the 2000 Summer Institute in American Philosophy. The quality and diversity of the program is impressive as is the quality of scholars in attendance. The informal interactions create easy and informative contact among all who attend. The location is wonderful and certainly facilitates interaction. Congratulations on yet another successful summer program." (Jim Garrison, Virginia Tech)
"I found the Classical American Institute genuinely stimulating for many reasons. The questions raised in my seminar truly developed my grasp of the topic and hopefully helped other participants. I found the other seminars I attended of high quality. The graduate students there showed genuine interest and searching questions. And overall the fun and camaraderie were great." (Frank Oppenheim, S.J., Xavier University)